The great Angela Bassett, Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee, will make her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie Whitney Houston.
Bassett and Houston starred together in 1995’s hit movie ‘Waiting to Exhale.’
Scheduled for a 2015 world premiere, Whitney Houston chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model, and singer, songwriter Bobby Brown — from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity, to their courtship and tumultuous marriage.
Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Whitney’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.
“I have such regard for both Whitney’s and Bobby’s amazing talents and accomplishments; and I feel a responsibility in the telling of their story,” said Bassett. “Their humanity and bond fascinates us all. I’m beyond excited to have this opportunity to go behind the camera and into their world.”
Last year, Bassett and Lifetime worked together on the critically-acclaimed original movie Betty & Coretta, which starred Bassett and Mary J. Blige, telling the dual real-life stories of Coretta Scott King (Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Blige), wives of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, who formed an unbreakable life-long bond between each other after their husbands’ tragic assassinations.
Bassett’s performance received a 2014 SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, as well as an NAACP Image Award nod for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.